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The Twentieth Amendment was adopted on January 23, 1933. [1] The amendment reduced the presidential transition and the "lame duck" period, by which members of Congress and the president serve the remainder of their terms after an election.
Lame duck politicians result from term limits, planned retirement, or electoral losses, and are especially noticeable where political systems build in a delay between the announcement of results and the taking of office by election winners. Even at the local level, politicians who do not seek re-election can lose credibility and influence.
This lame duck session was the first time since passage of the 20th Amendment that only one chamber returned to session after an election. The Senate select committee submitted its censure resolution on November 9, 1954.
What is a lame duck president? A. ... Congress passed a constitutional amendment that moved Inauguration Day to January 20, to allow for a speedier process between presidents and their successors.
One issue is that presidents are term limited courtesy of the 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. So, unlike Cleveland, Trump will start his new term as a proverbial "lame duck." But it seems ...
HJR Q, which passed the House with bipartisan support during the previous term, is intended to prevent the exploitation of lame duck sessions, when lawmakers on their way out will sometimes pass ...
Lame Ducks, a British sitcom; Lame Duck Amendment, an informal name for the Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution; Lame duck season, in professional sports, a season prior to or during which a team has announced its intent to relocate to another metropolitan area but will remain in its existing home until the next year.
The “other” lame duck sessions when they did avoid appropriations measures occurred in 1994, 1998, 2008 and 2012. That is a staggering record of dysfunction and incompetence by both parties.